The Pretty Things, Parachute, United Kingdom, Harvest, vinyl LP SHVL 774 (1970) After the commercial failure of “S.F. Sorrow” and
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Marine Boy
Aquadelique (ADAADAT ADA0055) is an unusual watery item, ambient music designed to be heard while the listener is under the
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Broth of Life
Recently heard Bill Brovold on the cassette Superstar, from the Eh? Audio Repository label, a hugely enjoyable tape of guitar
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Iijanaika: a patchy effort from a pioneer Japanese ’60s psychedelic rock band
The Mops, Iijanaika, Toshiba Liberty, vinyl LP LTP-9025 (1970) Founded in 1966 by high-school students, Japan’s The Mops originally were
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Out of the Earth
David Bremer is not known to us, but he has appeared on a few Swedish records of a noisy and
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Double Shadow
Indifferent cover art, banal title – but the music on Actions Soniques (VAND’OEUVRE VDO1850) deserves a curious lugger or two
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The Cassandra Crossing
Last heard from Jana Irmert, the Berlin sound artist, in 2017 with her End Of Absence record. That overly-atmospheric item
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Coup de Vent
Unusual clarinet improvisations from French players Xavier Charles and Jacques di Donato on their Ilex (PROTAGONISTE PROTA1801) album. Using only
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Windmill Exercises
Three items whose common denominator is Salford’s most prolific polymath, purveyor of free/jazz/noise, promoter, label head and uttapam-fan David Birchall.
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Smiles from the Firmament
Håvard Volden Space Happy NORWAY SOFA RECORDS SOFA 568 CD (2018) A neatly presented storyboard all told, where Space Happy‘s
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